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plant house 3x3
Indoor
Room Type
Defoliation
weeks 3-4, 6-9
LST
weeks 3-4, 6-10
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
26 L
Pot Size
1 L
Watering
0
Germination
3 years ago
Super stoked on these strains. Soaked in water for 18-24 hours until seeds sunk. Then dropped in moist paper towels for another 12-24 hours until tap roots were about 1/4 of an inch long. Transferred into 7 gallon pots FFOF amended with dry amendments (light 1 tbsp/gallon). Hollowed out centers of pots and used jiffy plugs as a barrier to give them a barrier to get a good rooting before hitting nutes.
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 hrs
27 °C
Weak
62 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
50.8 cm
The strawberry gorilla and bruce banner took off since being planted. Watering lightly when dry. The strawberry banana took almost a full week to break soil. As expected she fell behind the others a bit and continues to lag behind by about a week. The bruce banner was stretching a bit, but the gorilla didn't. Maybe due to pot positioning. I threw some supports under the banner. Watering with ph between 6.3-6.8.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
62 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
50.8 cm
Continued to water when dry. Banner was acting like it had been overwatered. Pot felt heavy-ish so didn't water for two days. Continuing to monitor. Also just propped her up due to her early stretch. Not actual LST just yet. Gorilla girl seems happy. Pot also felt heavy-ish skipped water for a day. Showing no signs of stress. The strawberry banana doesn't seem to be doing so hot. Leaves curling under. Continues to water as needed, seems to have helped a little (yes the leaves were curled worse than this). Continuing to monitor. Pot always feels light but don't want to overwater as it's still pretty small. I did notice that the two in the FFOF that had normal/light texture are doing great. The strawberry Banana which is in a pot with the FFOF that was clumpy/heavy/wet I have been having issues with since roots went down. Heavily curious if this is my error or a problem within the soil. Could be both I suppose. Popped some ventilation holes to help aerate pots that felt heavy. Due for feeding as of this week. Held off d/t lack of growth and problems that presented. Thinking to feed next week. Also had some algae crop up due to humidity being high a couple days. Dehumidifier would definitely be an asset if growing in the summer. Humidity levels have come back down thankfully. Added about 1/4 inch of sand on top of pots to prevent the algae growing anymore. Hope this does not interfere with dry amendment feeding.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
81.28 cm
Missed pictures on week 3 so week 3 and 4 will be the same, Sorry! Girls are doing much better this week. Strawberry Nana seems stunted in comparison to the other 2. Still healthy so I'll let her finish out. Good stretching this week. Did some light defoliation (just fan leaves blocking bud sites). Mostly tucking for now. Did do some L.S.T this week. Mainly for the B.B as was only one that presented as possibly needing it at this point. Also did a very light top dress at 1 tbsp / gallon of medium equal parts all purpose and fruit n flower (so 3 tbsp of each). 2 tbsp/gallon worm castings. Also brought light up to 32" and upped power to 100% from 25% @ 20 inches.
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
81.28 cm
Continue watering as needed. LST on the Strawberry Gorilla (just to expose some budsites that were hidden). Light defoliation of S.G.G and B.B. Straberry Banana doing much better. Still much smaller than others. May have stunted her. But she's healthy. B.B and S.G.G showing sex at this point.
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Week 5. Flowering
3 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
81.28 cm
Whelp my light died. Literally would not power on with timer/without/with dimmer/without and every combination. So I had to throw the girls outside. They DID NOT like it. Next day they all looked like this with their leaves curled upwards and their stems pointing the leaves up. Ended up outside for 2 days before a buddy gave me some loaner lights. They're blurples and not the best. But better than the super stress of being outside when they were conditioned to a steady environment. I'll update with pics, apologies for the pics in advance.
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
81.28 cm
First week back in the tent after the shock of being thrown outside. They seem to be responding better. Would definately help if my buddy knew what strength the lights were. They don't put off ANY heat so humidity has went up. Got a dehumidifier to help combat this. Seems to be working. I'm flying blind here with these lights just trying to keep the ship from sinking while waiting for my replacement light under warranty. Did some LST and watering as needed. Heavy defoliation. I guess he got these lights from Wish....so I'm not too hopeful that they're quality lights but again, better than the shock from being outside. I guess we'll see how much I can salvage this grow.
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Week 7. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
26 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
16 °C
26 L
39.37 cm
Just got the replacement in yesterday. Super happy to be replacing the unknown blurple lights. Strawberry Glue stretched a lot under those lights despite being 7" under one. Has to LST down the main cola in an attempt to maintain an even canopy. Strawberry Banana still stunted from something either overwatered early or the FFOF that was off mixed. Had to support the main cola as it was toppling. Bruce Banner right in the middle of the pack with decent size, good amount of bud sites and decent bud structure. All of them seem to be doing well despite the numerous setbacks. Maybe I can actually pull off something decent despite my terrible luck. 😅
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Week 8. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
22 °C
Weak
60 %
21 °C
9 °C
26 L
38.1 cm
Well another week down. S.G.G seems to be the winner out of this run. Good bud structure, stacking nicely. B.B coming in a strong second. Seems like it may either need a bit longer to finish out or it just may not be as big of yielder, time will tell. Strawberry Nanna still the smallest. Not expecting much anything off it at this point. Good learning experience for sure. Got hit with a Sulphur deficiency 5 days ago. Got it diagnosed quickly (within 24 hours) and remedied with a compost tea using some epsom salt (within 36 hours). Some damage still done, some curling tips and showing some yellowing patches from it. But none developing any further since the tea. Auto's keeping me on my toes. Everything happens so quickly barely anytime to adjust. Maybe I'll just do a single strain run next grow if I end up liking one of these better than the others. Would make it a bit easier I think. Or maybe I'll do another multi strain grow. Undecided at this point.
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Enemy61390
Enemy61390started grow question 2 years ago
Any ideas for storing compost tea? Plants on differing watering schedules due to taking in water at different rates. Started a tea today to help correct some issues but 2 of 3 plants won't need water for another 12-36 hours from time it's finished.
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Youthmananswered grow question 2 years ago
For less than 48hrs you can store it in a jar/bottle , maybe not closed to let the organisms breath! Or giving them a little bit air every 5-6 hrs. You can store it in a closed bottle too, don't worry! :)
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Week 9. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
24 °C
6.5
Weak
45 %
21 °C
10 °C
7 L
1 L
40.64 cm
Another week down. Some bud pistils starting to brown/orange over a little. Was hoping to harvest within the next week but doesn't look promising. Another 2-4 weeks I imagine. The Strawberry Gorilla Glue is maturing nicely. The Bruce Banner maturing nicely as well but trichome production lacking behind strawberry glue a bit. It might need longer to finish up than the others. Definately showing her sativa side in bud and leaf structure. I am sick of defoliating her so I'm just letting her ride out the rest of this grow without it. Strawberry glue the exact opposite, showing her indica side in bud and leaf structure. Strawberry Banana still throwing me for a loop. Apparently she grew 1-2" without me noticing and got too close to the light. Signs of light stress, adjusted the light up an inch or two. Had to train down the bruce banner a bit, she was getting too big for her britches. Also trained down the strawberry banana due to the growth/light burn issue to help maintain even canopy. Not too worried but to say straw nana's had a rough life would be an understatement. I am AMAZED she didn't herm on me. I guess there's still time so we'll see. Humidity has been lower lately. Actually had to use the humidifier. Not terribly low (around 54% outside tent and around 45% inside tent at canopy level. All of the girls smell amazing. Bruce banner hits me the most on first unveil but quickly gives way to the strawberry glue. Still got some brown spotting on the straw nanna. She's definitely my problem child. So I brewed up a tea but the other 2 girls are drinking much more water at a faster rate. So the watering times were off by about a day. Managed to pull through and get em back on track with each other by holding water for a day from the B.B. and the strawberry glue. Top dressed today with wormcastings and some happy frog fruit and flower watered in with an ACT. Last top dress/feed until harvest. Hoping for some smooth sailing from here on in.
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Week 10. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
21 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
21 °C
7 °C
7 L
1 L
45.72 cm
Well seems we are in cruise control I guess. Still not happy about the strawberry banana but I am to blame. Lot of things went wrong with her from early on all the way through but she never hermed which amazes me😅. She never really fully recovered from the outside transplant shock. Is what it is I suppose. She is the frostiest plant in the tent atm so got that going for her. Not gonna be a big yielder though but again, that is my fault and the fault of circumstance (light dying). Strawberry Gorilla Glue next frostiest in the tent. Definately showing some fall colors from the lower temps. Overall happy with her progress. Bruce Banner doesn't have that big wow factor of frost as with the other two but she's got the biggest buds for sure. Highest yielder in the tent I believe. She might need some more time after the other two. Kind of playing it by ear atm. The S.G.G and S.B look like they will be ready in a week or two. All cloudy trichs with a single amber here n there. Bruce banner shows no ambers yet so might need some more time to finish up all cloudy though so maybe she'll finish quicker than I'm giving credit for. The B.B and S.G.G got some yellowing leaf tips but this close to harvest I am just going to let them ride it out. I doubt anything I can do now will have an impact in the short amount of time and may well not be worth the effort.
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Week 11. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
21 °C
6.5
Strong
45 %
21 °C
7 °C
7 L
2 L
45.72 cm
Another week on cruise control. Strawberry Banana looks closest to being ready. About 60-70% of the pistils have turned orange/brown. Trichs all cloudy with little to no ambers yet. Maybe another week or so on here. Bruce Banner and Strawberry Gorilla Glue look good. Trichs cloudy. 30-40% of the pistils starting to change color. I feel they will take a bit longer than the Strawnanna. Was hoping they'd all finish at the same time but I know that was a tall order. We'll adapt and figure it out. Will mainly be posting trich/budshots as that is mainly what I am looking at to know when to harvest. So cruise control until harvest day, water when dry only. Last feeding was around week 6/7 of flower. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the progress! 😁
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Week 12. Flowering
2 years ago
18 hrs
18 °C
6.5
Strong
35 %
21 °C
7 °C
7 L
1 L
45.72 cm
Another week on autopilot. Pretty pumped about the trich status on these girls. They smell amazing to boot. Bruce banner hits hardest on the nose now. A rub and sniff test of the strawberry banana and strawberry gorilla glue tell me as much. They both smell amazing as well just not as potent of a smell I suppose. Trichs are all milky. Most pistils changing color (about 80%ish) and receding. Still have not found a single amber despite approaching day 84 tomorrow. I want to say one more week but I think I'll be doing a staggered harvest. The strawberry banana is ready I feel, despite no ambers. The Strawberry gorilla glue also seems ready. Bruce banner....seems not so much. Showing fade and signs of nearing end of cycle but the trichs and pistils are telling me to wait. Feel free to weigh in on the comments if you feel so inclined. I could also try to push the strawberry girls until bruce banner decides its time. Just taking it one day at a time now.
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Enemy61390
Enemy61390started grow question 2 years ago
Time to harvest? A week? maybe two for bruce? I'm drying in my tent as it's easier to control the environment and it is pretty dry this time of year (39-50%rh). So do I stagger harvest or try to push them all until bruce seems ready? Check my diary. Thoughts welcomed.
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Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
When the triches look more like plastic than glass with consistently seen amber in any 1 locale inspected, but not a high percentage -- that's usually my preferred harvest time. I do earlier window harvest as i don't like couch-lock / sleepy buds. Genetics will have a say in that too. There needs to be more magnification of the trchomes to assess them than your pictures provide. Under a grow light they will also light up quite a bit more in a photo than to your eye in RL while you look through a scope that helps block excess light. You look like your nearly at early window of harvest on some.. so, depends a lot on personal preference as to within a few days or 1-2 weeks from now etc... i'd just let them finish individually, but... plenty of reasons to deviate from that too. If you cannot have an alternative drying spot in the mean time... i'd look at it like a assess trichomes... the average of the total that gives me the most of what i prefer. So, that could mean taking the slow one early before the bulk ambers up for me... but, i'd just hang a plant somehwere else in meantime and harvest as they are individually ready... got an old tent frame? while a top might be helpful to reduce any dust, enclosed in a tent is not the best way to dry... make sure there is plenty of air exchange and a suitable RH results or you'll be fermenting pickes in there... or it'll smell like you are.
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Week 12. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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9/10
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Easily the happiest plant throughout my entire grow. No issues.
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Spent 88 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
174.35 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
0.84
Grow Room size
Easy
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Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. Winner of the 3 girls in total yield. Least frosty of the 3. Dense buds. Grew more sativa like with long buds covering the branch. Was a nightmare to trim, MANY small fan and sugar leaves within the bud and they shrank a bit during drying into the buds. Not fun. Smells great, like a citrus smell (Myrcene I believe?) with a little hint of gas on the end. Currently in grove grove bags curing.
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Week 12. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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9/10
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Grew pretty happily. No issues. She grew a super tall main cola that I had to LST down in an attempt to maintain even canopy. She produced some beautiful colors. Trich production was middle of the pack. Buds were pretty dense and heavy. Smells like berries and diesel. Will grow again for sure.
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Spent 88 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
153.09 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
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Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. She came out SUPER dense. Happy with the end yield, a lot more than I though I was going to get. Currently in grove bags curing. I didn't care for the smell of her once I got to trimming. Smelled like a berry/cheese/gas. Almost smelled like an onion to me which I hate. Guess we'll see how she tastes once done curing.
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Week 12. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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This poor girl...Odds were against her the whole time. I stunted her early. Light died and I threw her and her sisters outside in an attempt to save the grow (made it to harvest so mission successful I guess). She got burnt outside, light was too intense. Leaves got damaged pretty badly. But she hung in there. She did not herm which amazes me. She had the lowest by weight yield for sure but definitely the frostiest. Will be growing again. Hope to do much better on the next one. She smells so good. Like berries and earth/pine. Looking forward to next run.
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Spent 88 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
36.85 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
9
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Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. All in grove bags for curing. Scheduling was tight so ended up spending all day trimming because it was my only free day. She came out well. Super frosty, smells like a smoothie. Not a big yielder but that was my fault for stunting her so early.
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGranniecommentedweek 23 years ago
Good luck with this grow, mate! FastBuds have GREAT genetics!
Enemy61390
Enemy61390commented3 years ago
@GrowingGrannie, Unfortunately yes.. 😅 There was also a difference in the soil when I prepped it. One bag of FFOF was super wet/clumpy/heavy. Unlike the pots the bruce banner and strawberry gorilla are in. So that could have something to do with it as well. It seems to retain water more than the other two for some reason. Maybe lack of peat moss in the mix. Either way, I don't think I'll be using Fox Farms soil next time. No complaints on they're dry amendments currently though.
GrowingGrannie
GrowingGranniecommented3 years ago
@Enemy61390, oh wait a minute... I just re-read your comment on this week ... yeah, you might have watered her too much ... I don't know... anyway, again I'll keep checking in! Good luck!
GrowingGrannie
GrowingGranniecommented3 years ago
@Enemy61390, - yeah, she IS a bit sad looking, isn't she?! Doesn't make sense, tbh ... maybe she'll surprise you when you start giving nutes... I'd go REALLY slowly with the nutes for her if this was my grow... like 1/4 strength just to see if she'll tolerate them... hmmmm... Gonna keep checking because I'm really interested to see what SHE will do!
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Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 122 years ago
Nice buds growmie!! We really appreciate you sharing your grow experience and hope that you enjoyed our genetics. Happy harvest :)
Enemy61390
Enemy61390commented2 years ago
@Fast_Buds, Thanks! My first time trying indoor and I am addicted now. Thanks for pumping out such awesome genetics. I enjoyed the strawberry banana so much I've got 2 more going in my new grow to give her a real shot and see what she can do.
GrowingGrannie
GrowingGranniecommentedweek 82 years ago
Your BB is looking SO much better than mine! I'm jealous... but I have more seeds so I'm going to have another go at this strain! Next time in DWC, though!
Enemy61390
Enemy61390commented2 years ago
@GrowingGrannie, Thanks! I think it could be better but she's right in the middle of the pack. I've got quite a few banner seeds. If I take a liking to it it may only do that next run 😁
GrowingGrannie
GrowingGranniecommentedweek 122 years ago
Why is it I didn't know you were growing a Bruce Banner, too?! This is wonderful... will look forward to the smoke report! Kudos!
Enemy61390
Enemy61390commented2 years ago
@GrowingGrannie, Oh idk I thought you knew 😂. She was by far the biggest yielder. I did do a tester when I put it into grove bags so no cure just dried. It was enjoyable. Mine was definitely a sativa leaning effect. Little body stone, big head buzz. Tasted good to boot. Like a little bit of pine with earthy undertones and a bit spicy on the backend. I'm sure that'll develop more with a cure but good on all counts so far.
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